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Friday, May 20, 2011

Dance of the Broken Dressers

Isn't it amazing how adaptable human beings are? We can learn to put up with just about anything.

For instance, take a look at my dresser.

It fell apart just before Christmas, while I was rearranging things in my bedroom. That board that nails onto the back of the dresser is apparently a very important piece.

When mine fell off while I was lugging the dresser across the room, I thought it wouldn't be a big deal. However, when I went to put the drawers back in place they were all in a zig zag line. And then some kept falling off the tracks because the space was suddenly too wide. Who knew???

Anyway, a few months after that my mom gave me a hand me down from my sister. I put it in the porch, waiting for the weather to warm up so I could paint it. However, while transporting it to my house one of the drawers fell to the ground and snapped the side. The backs were already missing, but I thought I could easily fix that. I didn't look very closely and thought, no problem, I'll just glue the side back together while I'm at it. After buying everything I realized that the break was a little more serious than I thought and beyond my expertise (and energy).

So, that's two dressers down and my clothes still spread all around my room...5 months later.

Then I ran into this beauty at the local Salvation Army Thrift Store.

I thought that middle column of little drawers was so cute. The perfect place for sweet nothings.

So, I sanded it, primed it, and coated it with a blinding shade of white.

Then I went out to purchase drawer pulls to replace these ugly ones.

Ummmm, yeah, I needed 11 drawer pulls!!!! I forgot to add that into my costs when I bought it. I searched high and low for something affordable that didn't look uglier than the ones that came with it.

And then a chance visit to the local Habitat for Humanity Restore changed my life. OK, well, maybe that's a little dramatic, but I seriously think the clouds parted, the light shone down, and the angels were singing. I found these adorable pulls hidden away in a corner of the store in the back room. (Yes, there's a back room that I had never noticed before. I'm going back today to see what else is back there that I missed.)

These pretty little things saved me so much work. I thought I was going to have to clean and paint the ugly leaf ones. But these ones fit great and I think they're perfect.

So, it's almost done, and all of my clothes will be put away and organized very, very soon (I can't tell you how excited I am). There's just one little thing. See those two top drawers? They have spots for single pole pulls and I just happen to have a basket full of awesome ones. So awesome, in fact, that I can't decide which ones to use. So take a look at everything and vote. I'll let you know next week which ones win and show you how it all looks together.

My walls are this colour:

(Fiji A525 Benjamin Moore Aura Paint)

My bedding and furniture are white but the curtains and other accents are this colour:

Also, most of the metals in the room are gold (I know, very old school, but I love gold and pink together.)

Which pulls do you like? I can't find a poll widget that will work for me so just leave a comment below~

Pink Butterfly

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Clear Butterfly

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Pink Knob

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Floral Orb

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Floral Shell Bunch

Green Antique

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Thanks for your help everyone! Have a great looooooooooooooong weekend if you're in Canada. Don't forget to leave a comment below~

Wow! You sure did find some wonderful treasures. I vote for the pink knob, because it so perfectly matches everything. But I'm thinking it would be easy and fun to change the knobs out later and use the floral shell ones for awhile, because they would look great too. :)

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About Me

Pink lemonade, bracelets jingling on my wrist, and looking into my cats green eyes. These are a few of my favourite things. I work in an office, in front of a computer, all day long but get to flex my imagination in my craft studio or in the books I read every night.
Tamara